Domestic help raped by farm inspector

KARNAL: District police on Tuesday arrested agriculture inspector Hari Singh for raping a 55-year-old daily wager in his office on the station complex.

The accused is posted in Uchani regional research station of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. The woman was working as a domestic help at his place for the past two years.

A father of five, Hari Singh, 50, was arrested after a medical examination was conducted on him. He has been booked under sections 376 ( rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC. The woman's medical report is awaited.

According to Karnal SP Shashank Anand, a complaint was filed by the woman's daughter who alleged that the accused called her mother on November 18 and committed the crime.

The woman reportedly narrated the incident to her daughter on returning home who in turn informed police, the SP said.